BRIDGETON | The town of Bridgeton’s interest in purchasing and developing the old elementary school has not waned, but town leaders have decided they will need to proceed slowly in what has unofficially been tagged Project Phoenix. READ MORE

About 80 years ago I lived in a two family hose that was heated by coal. It was called pea coal. My father would go down in the basement, which was divided in half by a huge coal bin, and open the bottom door of the furnace and shovel out the ashes. into a barrel. Then shake the fire pit, open the furnace door and shovel in about five loads of coal. This was in preperation for keeping the house somewhat warm overnight. He set the dampers to an almost closed position so the fire would hopefully last the night.
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I define this group of evildoers as “it sure is Satanic” while they continue to murder innocent people in the most inhuman manner. They hide their faces while committing these atrocious acts.
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While visiting Havelock a recent Friday, I went to one of the red boxes and picked up a copy of The Windsock and noticed that Feb. 12 issue was the last hard copy print version of the base newspaper.
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I am writing in response to Mr. Lindauer, who supports the private voucher system for students in North Carolina for low income families. This program would drain $4,200 per eligible student from our state’s public school budget and funnel it to private schools.
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Until a few years ago, Colonial Capital Humane Society had all its dogs in foster care. But the need grew far faster than the number of families able to take dogs into their homes — especially large dogs and those with behavioral issues. READ MORE

In the recent past, your newspaper published periodically the names, addresses, and email addresses (if provided by the elected officials). This public service was omitted sometime before the newspaper was sold to whoever owns it today. I did find this listing useful in a positive sense but also, in a negative sense, to find which elected officials did not provide all the information, for whatever reason.
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A career path fork-in-the-road can come at any time. Just ask Caroline Flannery, who was a successful Raleigh commercial Realtor when she attended a Wine and Design party with her girlfriends three years ago. READ MORE

Two former city aldermen, both well known business people in the community, teamed up with their spouses to purchase the Dunn Building, a former city building downtown that was never listed on ... READ MORE